Is it irresponsible for Hillsdale students to drive to Ann Arbor in the middle of the week to watch a movie? Maybe. But “Surprised by Oxford” fully justified the excursion. And everyone in our guilty party came away from the film academically motivated, sharing a determination to get to the University of Oxford. The movie...
The Hillsdale Croquet Society kicked off the year with its first tournament in honor of the great-grandmother of the society’s founder. The first annual Cathleen Hinkle Memorial Croquet Tournament took place Sept. 16 on the quad. Hinkle was an “avid croquet connoisseur,” according to a poster advertising the event, but also gave her life to...
“Gun to your head: what is the greatest great book?” “Too many good options…I’ll vote for ‘Anna Karenina.’ I take it as read, of course, that the unspoken stipulation is ‘except of course the Bible.’” — David Gaebler, Mathematics “Aside from the Bible, the ‘Summa Theologiae.’ Though if I were holding a cane, then ‘Cane...
A new Hillsdale company will take care of your dog’s business. Local resident Kim Farnham started Poopdescoop six weeks ago. She said it’s a pet-waste removal service to help pet owners with the monotonous daily chore of cleaning up after their pets. Poopdescoop charges $15 for the company to come one day per week and...